Support Groups - Cow-arses Are Us

HOW'S THAT FOR A TITLE!!! NOT TOO COWardly i hope!!!!-----DD is "Annie" in "Annie Get Yer Gun"-------i am the whacko mother chasing the cast around with the video camera---i bring food and drinks up to the school every second day and i go to rehearsals,and take pictures------------they must think i am nuts but i can't help myself-----i will send pictures to your emails if you like--------MAN i am still fat-----weighed 160 again,but i guess i will have to be glad it's not more!!!!-----step dds are here for two weeks======look out LAUNDRY EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACHERS!!!!-your hijacked meal sounded SOOOOOOOOOOo yum-----just who is this George Dubya anyway????

I demand you all go vote in my poll. If you don't, you'll get fatter.

Gosh. These sensitive-Canadian types make me so proud to be a cow. What a touching title. I am almost teary-eyed with sentimentality.

You'll have to ask Sugar who George Dubya is. She's the one whose newspapers have always had something to say about him. Down in Dogpatch, we have George W. Bush in the news and he is the commander-in-chief. Here, we are so happy to help in the war that we participate by having our neighborhoods (well the part the government owns) bombed with MOAB just to show the Iraqis we mean business.

Not only do I want pictures of the dd, I want the sound track!!! The WHOLE VIDEO!! ! !

Bagz' little darling (well, not so little, but certainly darling) is the STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course you are running around with the video camera!

Good job hauling Herbie and his credit card around, Peachie! He is obviously devoted to (or guilt-ridden about) you. :s: What sort of bow is DS getting? Please tell me it has to do with shooting arrows; I can only think of one other kind.

George Dubya is the full name of the Shrub in the White House, Bagz. (You know what a shrub is, right? A small bush) We speak only with affection, of course. :rolleyes: After the landslide with which he won the White House, he barely needs to roll out that little smirk of his and we are putty in his hands.

Hey Mia, how old are your kid(s)? My dd was just old enough to catch on to what was going on during the first Gulf War. It was very hard not to have too much of it on TV -- after all, you do want to know what's going on, but a lot of kids are very sensitive to the images. Mine wasn't upset by it -- she could already engage you in a political argument by the age of 4. If anything, she's overly cynical about the whole thing now. But we did try to keep the WarTV to a minimum. PBS is always a good bet.

Gotta go grace the other topics with my precious presence.

Kiwi

I AM LEAVING IN A HUFF.[WITH A BUFF PUFF]

Happy happy happy Birthday to youuuuuu, dear Peaches, happy Birthday!!!! to youuuuuu!!!!!! :hb: :hat: You sweet young thang, you! Goin' in for a spider vein zap in honor of the occasion????

Hey stage mom! you sound like you're having more fun than the star!

Lush, I've already gotten fatter.

Sugar, the secret to a clean house is to keep the drapes closed. Soft lighting is the key. One of my best friends just told me she's allergic to dogs (I have 2 big hairy indoor dogs) and dust. I don't know if she was trying to tell me something. I guess I shouldn't take things too personally.

Cherry, I'll be pullin' for you to lose the weight for the reunion. Not that everyone else there will be skinny, but I know how it is.

Kiwi, just what other topics are you gracing??? I have a decorating forum that I always check out. These women are totally obsessed. I don't post, just lurk.

g'morning.
Let's move to this thread. Page 4 is too long. It gets too hard to keep track of everybody. I"m tired and cranky. Don't know why, I went back to bed and slept for three hours. I am not sleeping through the night. Today I woke at 4, watched Dead Man Walking, got the kids up, drove them to school...then slept for three hours. Now It is noon and I've done NOTHING all day.
My boys are interested in hunting. DH, poor soul, has never hunted or had any desire to do so. Now he is going to a hunting thing with them this weekend. That means that only DD and I will be home this weekend....and dd is never home so I'll be ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy for the Bagzette in all her gorgeousness.
Everyone on the news is upset because the Iraqis don't appreciate all we're doing for them. It must be that danged clash of cultures, again. I LOVE when people fly over here and bomb everything. I always know it is for my own good.
I forget what everyone else said. I have to take Pixie for her torture. Poor girl.
bye

It's friday night and I'm gonna indulge in a few margies. Don't anybody try to stop me. I posted on another health and fitness board (I'm not telling where) and a mean person called me shallow. She doesn't even know me. I may be shallow, but in a deep way. :dizzy: That teaches me for straying.

Happy weekend, cowsies.

That is so mean, Wabby! How could anyone be mean to you?

I saw pictures from my school's last reunion-- I couldn't believe how thin and tan everyone was! Anyway, I'm not worrying about what anyone else looks like... I just want to look like me. I haven't really accomplished much in the last 14 years... I don't want to add "letting myself go" to the list of things I haven't accomplished. (I was supposed to have published at least one novel by now.) Oh, well.

Lushie, my DH has this idea that I'll suddenly get interested in hunting. As if. I can barely handle fishing without feeling sad and guilty. In a different life, I'd be vegetarian by now.

Wabby, I think that's hysterical that somebody called you shallow.!!! If you'll tell us where, we'll go kick their butts.!!!!!!! Was this some Einsteinesque-but-overweight board?

Here's something I saw in Dogpatch: I hear a strange loud sound rbrrrzrrblrrrr outside and look out the window. There are cars in front of the office but I can see a man with a bicycle. As he moves into view I see he's pushing the bike. He is way way bent over, body parallel to the ground. He is moving so slowing and struggling like it's uphill. Up the Alps. He moves further and I see a rope tied to the bike. I wait. The rope is long .. 10 feet maybe. Finally, I see at the end of the rope is transluscent cheap pink ice chest with NO wheels being dragged down the street. Wasn't he a genious to think of this??? He didn't even need a wheelbarrow. We Dogpatchians are so so bright.

Here's my other b****. My ds, the bright child that he is, is taking Algebra II. The book at 16 chapters. There are seven weeks left in the school year. He is on Chapter 5. This story is to be continued.

And Herbicue just emailed me to invite me to the viewing of a funeral of a woman I never met. Her dh works for Herbie and I've met him. I told him I'd let him know tomorrow as I was so tired and all having having a birthday. I guess he didnt' know that. Men don't write that stuff down. I've never been to a viewing. don't want to go to one.

Good grief, just what you want to do to celebrate your birthday (hey, it's your birthday weekend)--go look at a dead person you don't know! Ask Herbie if this is just his way of getting you to your own surprise birthday party. :lol:

That's a very impressive story about what passes for enterprise in Dogpatch. Maybe DS could learn some advanced mathematical concepts from it.

I'm really shocked to hear that Wabbit has been called shallow. Them's fightin' words!! :bomb: Your new friends are obviously not up to our level of witty repartee, Wabbit!

That reminds me of a friend of mine -- her hairdresser called her "plain" (of course compared to this bimbo, caked with makeup and a head full of teased, bleached hair, my friend was pretty plain, but that's a heck of a thing to call someone--especially a customer!)

Hunting ~yawn~ I went hunting with DH a couple of times years ago and thought I'd die of boredom. Much like fishing, only less comfortable and no point in bringing reading material. I would hate it if we'd ever spotted any deer, but at least that would have been interesting. We did used to go skeet shooting occasionally. That was fun. Skeet don't bleed.

We went to the comedy show tonight. DD refused to go because one of the comedians performed at her school during the day and she thought he was stupid. Her actual words were "sleazy" and "offensive" -- she apparently didn't care for that "Downeast Maine" put-on accent. Because none of the content was what you could call offensive. Actually we enjoyed it.

And it was free. And oddly, our Congressman was the MC -- is that odd? He is from the next town over, so I guess it's not that odd. He wasn't bad -- I thought we were in for a long boring speech, but he avoided that entirely and told amusing stories about being a freshman Congressman between acts. He definitely scored points for this, I think.

Later, babes.

Kiwi

I'm not making all that much sense tonight, am I?

Remember when we used to have drills in school to prepare for nuclear war? We would get under our desks?
Well, now I've seen it all. My DSes are supposed to bring in a shoebox with bottled water, packaged snacks and a towel to protect them in case of a chemical attack. I suppose it was improper for me to have laughed when I was told of this. Honestly, we have no oil reserves in NJ...why would they bomb us?
Cherry, I am so upset with you. How can you say you've accomplished nothing since you graduated high school? You've lived all over the world, you have a great job, you are raising two boys, you are working toward a degree. You are wrong. You should go to your reunion just to see how well you've done.
Peaches, you mean he DIDN'T know it was your birthday? Words escape me on that one.
What is in the back of the book? If it is legitimate content, I'd go ask about it. Sometimes it is fluff stuff that is meant to provide fill-ins for extra time.
I have to wake DD...she's getting her hair done this morning. I will be ALONE for the rest of the day!!!!!!!!!!! Heaven

Yeah, I remember curling up under our desks with our arms over our heads for "atom bomb" drills or something. A towel to protect from chemical attacks? Sounds very effective. Put a little roll of duct tape in the box just for fun -- at least they'll have something to do.

You are so right about Cherry, Lush. You've led an interesting life, girl; and anyone who's raising kids certainly has accomplished something! I know the feeling though, I don't feel like I've done anything with my life either. Not true, either, but it's hard to be objective. Oh yeah, and don't forget Zippylog -- you've got quite a web presence. I never heard of a blog until I saw it on your site.

I'm going to accomplish something today: DD and I are baking a spice cake for my SIL's birthday tomorrow. From scratch. Wish us luck. :lucky:

Kiwi

Aaawww, you guys are so sweet to me. I know I have a great family (and friends), and I wouldn't give that up for all the acting/ publishing/ journalist success in the world. My classmates aren't ones to be impressed with world travel- we graduated in Italy, so although most of us LOVE to travel, we really take it for granted. (Some of us, like me, are more impressed with people who still live in the same town where they graduated.) I still haven't decided whether I'm going. I have to find out if anyone else from my years is going (my brother might, he lives in Vegas.) (Years is plural on purpose... our classes were small, so we go to these things to meet anyone who might have gone at the same time we did.)

I just finished my biceps/ back workout and my Meaner Legs workout. I'm going to try to work out every day in April.

Lushie, I would have laughed too! Although I have to admit I'm getting the urge to start hoarding bottled water in the basement... just in case. But remember, I HAVE to sit and watch the news coverage for at least 8 hours a day at work and another hour or so at home with DH.

Oh, speaking of journalism, one of DH's friends (in another city) got fired for being too aggressive in his news gathering. He broke the story that one of Saddam's top ranking chem/bio warfare experts was educated in that city. Welcome to the future of news.

There's just more algebra stuff in the book. Nothing important. I talked to his "gifted" teacher who is his advocate in the schools and she talked to the algebra teacher and they feel that things will speed up and by the end of the semester, May 20, he'll learn whatever it is they usually cover.

Also, he tells me that on Monday in his Life Skills class, they will pass around some lungs then go outside and smoke a cigarette. Wooo doggies!

Now, here's what I hate:I know we're all accustomed to buying produce that is not lettuce and having the cashier wonder what the heck it is. Radishes? hmmm. Avocado? Is this price right? Spinach? Is that like collards? Well, yesterday was TOO much. I got leeks. The cashier can't find them on her list. The other cashier can't either. The teenager bag guy wants to help. They find them. Cashier says to her they're just big green onions. I say then she's never tasted them. Other cashier says he wouldn't eat them. Teenager thinks they're weird. They go on and on like idiots til I politely ask "What Do You People Eat?" The cashier looks hurt that I would say that to her. She says to the other cashier, not to me, she eats ham and cornbread. He says he eats fried corn bread. Teenager says he never ate leeks but he knew what they were. One in a while it ought to be ok to slap people who are just so annoying.

A reporter got fired for getting a scoop? That's a new one. Dilbert meets the news media.

Peaches, isn't it sad that our children have to have advocates in school?

Kiwi, I think he got too many scoops. Sad, isn't it?

Originally posted by Darling_Peaches
Also, he tells me that on Monday in his Life Skills class, they will pass around some lungs then go outside and smoke a cigarette.

Okay, I see it right here in black and white, but I don't believe it. You're kidding, right? I suppose they'll be having a keg party the week after. Then maybe they'll learn some really important life skills, like back-roads drag racing or perhaps bank robbery? Why stop at smoking? Maybe they could all spit in each other's mouths and see who develops mono! Oo, I think I have the makings of a Life Skills Science Project!

I swear to god, Peaches, you live in the dumbest town on the planet. And I live in a really dumb town too, so I know whereof I speak! I think you should go to the grocery store and buy nothing but "unusual" produce one day just to aggravate these twits.

We went to the local free rock concert tonight. There were 4 acts -- a local rock band, a guitarist/singer, a singer songwriter who plays guitar for a well-known (?) country singer in Nashville, and a rock band from Portland. All of them had roots in the area; it was really quite good. Not earth-shattering, but good enough to stay for the whole thing.

Kiwi

Laughing too hard to post. Will try again later when I have calmed down

Hey Peachie, I think we made coffee come out of Sugar's nose!

Peaches, you don't really mean the students are going to go outside and try smoking????!!!!! For one thing, the teacher would get arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, right???? Explain further. This is too silly even for Dogpatch. :dizzy:

Cherry!!!! when you get to my age, and live in the same old town, and live in only the 2nd house since you got married, and are married to the same old guy, and spend your days pushing papers, well then my dear, can you say you've done nothing exciting with your life. And yet, boring as I am, (and lets not forget shallow) I still am basically pretty happy. So dearie, you should be ecstatic!!!

There's just more algebra stuff in the book. Nothing important. Yeah, anything beyond long division is kinda just fluff, anyway, right?

DH tells me that they had those drills at his elementary school, too, but I don't remember it. Maybe I was too traumatized and blocked it from my memory. Or I'm just getting old and can't remember that far back.

I'm actually making an effort to eat what I'm supposed to today, and I'm going to Curves after work. How about that?

We got a new digital cam and I took pictures today in my workout clothes.

Oh, my God.


First of all, I'm fatter than I thought I was. Second of all, how the heck am I going to lose all this weight! Third of all, whenever I get hungry, I'm going to look at one of these pictures.

Hey Wabbit, did you grow up in that same area too? Cuz other than that, you and I have nearly the same life. I had to cruise around with different jobs, moving here and there, for a while before I married DH. Since then, we moved once, 16 years ago, and everything else is same same same. Good thing kids change all the time, or I would have decayed right into my rotting house by now. Boy oh boy do I need a life, or what?

I have post-PMS. Or maybe that would be just MS, but those initials are already taken. I feel like :tired: and I'm depressed. Would you believe we got 3 inches of snow yesterday? It's pretty and fresh, but I know it's nothing but mud underneath, so it's depressing all the same.

Like this color? Kind of like a dark cloud, don't you think?

We sent out DD's application to the music camp with a CD she made for an "audition". Cool, huh?

I assume PeachBoy was being sarcastic. Right, Peaches? I wonder how long it takes to get a kid hooked on smoking? I'll bet you could hook a few of them with just one cig. Oh, there I go, more ideas for science projects!!

Good job on the digital camera, Cherry, I wish I had one. I'm sure these photos are discouraging as ****, but the good news is that every little bit of improvement will show as well.

I got an email from a cousin of mine with this horrible diatribe by some reactionary woman from Alabama. It was so full of hate, it made me sick -- and this was a public speech by a public official. Against peace protestors, of course. I mean, I am frankly on the fence on the whole thing, but this made me feel like she was screaming directly at me (not my cousin, the speaker). I can't believe my cousin, who I get along with very well, believes this crap (it's not the first time she has distributed such stuff). I guess I should just ignore it, but I actually couldn't sleep thinking about this! I'm afraid if I say anything to her, she will be so apologetic, I'll feel worse.

Later gators
Kiwi

Sigh. Yes, Kiwi, I moved about 10 miles south of where I grew up, so I would say that's within the same area.

I've been good all day as far as my eating goes. Do you think I can keep this up the rest of my life??

Kiwi, I order you to stop listening to the news and refuse to talk to anyone about the war. You'll feel better. It won't go away, but you'll feel better.

i am back and i am blue tooo kiwi----for me,i miss the musical and how it can take you to another world where all is happy and gay {like the old meaning of gay}-----the real world looks so Bleak!!!!----and the american ambassador to canada just told us off for not " helping out our family to the south"----doesn't he know we have no money and all our military are still in the gulf supporting the "war on terrorism"----we were told that americans are mad at us and disappointed in us----------------no wonder i want to live in Irving Berlin's world-----------whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :?: :?: :?:

Bagzie, I'm not mad at you. Or Sugar P.

But then again, I still love Paris, too, and eat French fries.

The American ambassador to Canada can bite me. We don't deserve such good neighbors as we have.

That ambassador forgot to consult me before he made that speech. I still love you.

I don't know if I'm mad at Bagzie or not. Everytime I think I have an opinion, I'm informed by someone (through the media) that if I don't agree with their opinion, i'm anti-American. I'll have to wait to see what most people think.

He hasn't a cigarette yet but they did pass around health sheep lungs and the lungs of a sheep who was forced to smoke. I guess that peer pressure is pervasive even in hooved critters.

I love everyone.

They make poor innocent sheep smoke????

The thermostat in my oven is broken. Everything turns black when I bake because the temperature shoots up to 450°F no matter what I set it at. How rude. Must make dh fix it.

Off to bed. Big hugs to everyone, no matter what nationality! I'm not watching the news any more. Depressed enough already.

That's some mighty big words you typed, Peachie-Pie. I'm glad to hear DS hasn't been smoking. It's nice of you to wait to hear what you're allow to think; that's what we're fighting this war for, right? The right to tell people what to think. Or is it the freedom to say whatever we're told? I forgot what I was supposed to say. :lol:

Sugar, that's very annoying about your oven. Although you could sprinkle some pepper on everything and call it blackened. Although blackened cake might not go over well.

I have a :headache: .

And nothing to say

Kiwi

I just want y'all to know I feel so good. Today is the anniversary of the day 15 years ago when I found ds on the shelf in the dollar store among the other babies for sale and smacked some woman in the face when she grabbed for him first.

I have a :headache: too, Kiwi. Quit passing it on.

On April 11th it will be 23 years since DD arrived on the scene. No wonder you have such a cute little figure, Peaches. I had to go through 9 months of stretch marks and several hours of painful childbirth. I wish someone would have told me about dollar stores back then.

Don't fix the oven, Sugar Pie, it's a good excuse for take out. I'm so sick of cooking meals and being responsible for buying groceries I could :fr: The worst part is thinking up something to cook. I'm fresh out of ideas. DH has gained about 10 pounds since he quit smoking in January, and he wants me to cook low calorie stuff, but I forget how. Did I tell you my DD hasn't smoked in 6 weeks?? My house smells so good now.

Bunco is at my house on Saturday night. I'm feeling overwhelmed. I have no time to clean the house and do all the hostessy things you need to do before allowing 11 women in the door.

Good luck on Bunco night, Wab. Get Lushie to force you to clean and stuff, she's good at that.

Big congrats on Peachboybirthday -- And I second Wabbit, I had no idea they had those at the Dollar Store, but now I understand why ours is called the Family Dollar. I think they are carrying seconds, though, but most of the kids around here are a little off.

I am delighted to hear that your DD has quit smoking, Wabbit!! That must be quite a relief (and a big improvement in air quality).

I couldn't have given you my :headache:, Wab, I still have it.

Kiwi

THANK YOU FOR STILL LOVING ME YOU COWBUTTIN HOGS YOU!!! I Am honoured!!!!!-----the british {our queen lives there no less] haven't mentioned being mad at us yet------maybe they all think we are spoiled brats/?????? happy birthday peachbaby!!! we just had a party for stepdd 15 last night ---lots of fun------gotta go to the indoor funfair {yuk]---merry go rounds,roller coasters, YUKKKKKKKKKKKK ---kids love it=-===i will eat COTTON CANDY

ooooh-oooh! I never noticed the little "this person is online now" button down at the bottom of this screen! Bagzie is online right now!!! How cool is that? :wave:

I just ate a Wendy's Mandarin Chicken salad. Then I went to their website and checked the calorie count. I really figured it couldn't be too bad - Wrong!!!! It was 620 calories!!! argh! Too bad it was so good!

I'm still fat, even though I've been being good for 3 days now (except for that durn salad, but I really had good intentions.)

You got a great deal on that boy, Peachy! He's a keeper. And probably a chick-magnet by now too, huh? Happy Birthday ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Bagzie! I think the Queen has enough to worry about with her own nutty family (who I love dearly, royalist that I am!). She's always nice to Canadians so she can continue to stroll the streets of beautiful downtown Victoria. I saw her once behind the darkened window of a limousine when she was visiting. One of my friends got a gold styrofoam cup. Classy, eh? I knew you'd think so.

All you other cows are just adorable, but it's almost midnight again and my bed is calling.

Au reservoir for now!:smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:

Happy belated birthday (or rather, happy birthday belatedly) to the Peach-boy!

I'm doing WW (though not officially.) I'm on Day Two. Yesterday, I had 35 points, today I'll probably have 19. I'm supposed to have 22-27 points a day, with 3 to 5 more depending on my exercise.

I was at 181 yesterday, but because I have *that* excuse, I'm waiting until tomorrow to do my "official" weight and measurements for the month. I suspect I won't make the 15 pound challenge... but I'm trying!

Cherry! WW is a great program. My DD is joining a group tonight. I hope she does well at it. She probably will -- she's pretty determined. She had a customer at work tell her that she'd lost 100 pounds in the last year doing WW, so she's pretty enthused.

Where are all the rest of you cows??

Lush, how do I clean house and make food for 12 ppl? I forget.

Oh, I'm here, I'm just so booooooooring, you couldn't see it when I posted. Okay, I didn't post. My :headache: is almost gone. I love typing :headache:, it's more fun than just typing the word.

I'm still 184. Yay me. However I desperately need exercise. I have no excuses. Somebody push me out the door.

Kiwi

Here's a fable:

This man placed a classified in the paper offering people information on how to work out of their homes. They had to send him $15 for the info. Then he cancelled that and ran one saying he was starting a church in our town and needs donations to help him get started.

Supply your own moral.

I am cute as usual and very round at the part that fits between the arms of the chair. Nothing else to say. *kiisssssss*

Sounds like a really fine person, just the kind I would want to entrust my money and my soul to.

Actually, if everybody sends me $15, I will gladly tell them how to work in their home.

I am sooooo sick.And yet I am here at work because today is payday and there is no one else who can do paychecks. And also because there is no one else to fill in for me. I have a sick-migraine. The kind where I'm sick all over from the top of my head to my toes. Feel sorry for me.

The moral is, as long as there are ppl stupid enough to send him money, he will be thinking up scams.

I have ppl coming to my house in less than 48 hours with plans to play bunco. I am sick. My house is a mess. waaaaaahhhhhhh. :bb:

So sorry you are feeling so awful. I'm writing this in a soothing blue, so it won't hurt too bad to read. I think I am finally over my migraine -- it must have been from the same migraine tree as yours. Sicky sick for several days. I think you should get all those nice guys you are cutting paychecks for to come over and clean your house and go shopping for you. You can sit in a big chair with an ice bag on your head and direct them here and there.

My cleanie dietitian friend's dh just lost his job -- he works for another paper mill an hour away from here. The stupid company GEORGIA PACIFIC (sorry Wabbit, didn't mean to yell) is closing them down and taking the equipment right out of the mill -- not even selling the facility or anything. Just bye-bye suckers, nice leaching money from you :wave:

This company is the same one that bought my dh's mill years ago in an unfriendly takeover, and then sold them a few years later. It's never been a healthy company since G-P touched them. Do I sound bitter? Would you like to hear my rant about George Bush?
Oh, okay, I won't then.

So this c-d-f's birthday is tomorrow. Happy Birthday, dear, you're the sole breadwinner! Doesn't life suck? What do you get someone whose dh just lost his job? (This shouldn't be that hard a question for me, hmmmm :chin: )

It's a beautiful sunny day. I should be outside. I sold something else on eBay -- a used Barbie Fashion Designer CD-ROM with half the materials used up. :lol:

Kiwi

My sweet DD had to go to work, but she stopped by w/ a Chicken Caesar Salad & a banana so that I wouldn't have to strain my poor achin' noggin by going to get lunch. Wasn't that nice? She takes after her mother.

Kiwi, I think GP is the company that owns a mill in eastern Oregon that our friends work at. It shuts down every spring, until they're just about starving, then when they almost give up and find other employment, they call them back. It happens almost every year. Unfortunately, they're the only game in their little town.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm---pulp and paper towns-----that is my town in a nutshell----without the mill,we would disappear---oh i forgot---mill owner runs a giant oil refinery as well-----must smell great here,eh????? ----- step dd's are still here from Colorado,so computer time is very limited====CAN YOU IMAGINE SIX KIDS WHO LIKE TO "MSN" DESCENDING ON YOUR COMPUTER????JUST PICTURE IT--- i will be back in full force next week-----KIWI DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ABOUT THE PHISH CONCERT?????? I NEED TO KNOW IF I CAN SEND A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS TO LIMESTONE????? kiwi won't answer my email,everybody!!! {whinnnnnnnnnnnnnneee] someone make her !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bagzie-dear, are you using the right address???? I'll send you an email and you can reply.

You have such a sweet DD, Wabbit. Of course she must take after you. How's the ol' head? Yeah, that's the same co. that enjoys gobbling up mills in Maine and spitting them out.

Everybody has to go get a Mormon name, it's a hoot -- The link is here in my diaryland page (http://kiwi-kath.diaryland.com) . To convince you, here's mine: Kaltighanna Starbuck -- what's not to love?

Going to hot doings in small towns today: Dd's guitar teacher and her friends are singing at some expo. Rumor is that one of their songs involves flannel shirts and suspenders and refers to Wild Women. Then we are going to Chicago (finally) and out to dinner, possibly staying overnight in the "big city" since it is snowing right now and will no doubt be too messy to come home tonight. Oy.

Kiwi

Married name: Christanja Jessianna

Maiden name: Christanja Marandastarr

Excellent!

Too funny!

One of my kids: Caramon Messiah Angel

DH: Berdell Helamans Warrior

Best friend: Hereditary Lexington

SIL: Amberly Hallah Lujah

other SIL: LaTisha Brandiese

Wait until Peaches and Lush get their names in there. Hilarious! Would be worth having a couple extra kids just to try it out.

Wabby! I feel your pain! Poor you. Awful that you had to work.

Just got rid of a 5-day :headache: :bomb: :headache: :bomb: myself. Sick from head to toe. Kids have Easter holidays now so I can sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

greetings from Marsanne Aleith ---shall i call myself ---just call me Marsi

Bagzie! My brother (the one not called Marty) and his wife are thinking of moving to Nova Scotia. Is it cheap there? They've gone to check out jobs and houses. Guess you'll be able to wave to each other across the Bay of Fundy, eh?

Where is everyone?

I did post my name. I posted first thing this morning. WHERE IS MY POST????

Ok. Me: Bergetta Busbyberkly Jukebox-Jezabel

Me if male: Brittyn Davenport Shore

DS: Cache Davenport Shore

DS if he were DD:Armachian Busbyberkly Jukebox-Jezabel

So the last name you get depends on your gender. Weird.

Now, here's the poll I put in this morning: If you donated books in excellent condition to a library for their sale to raise money and found the books had been BEFORE THE SALE taken to a used bookstore and traded in. The credit is on a card which they can redeem for other used books. Would you:


Think, "I'll never trust a charity again."
Think, "I could have traded in the books for credit for myself."
Think, "I gave them the books and they can do what they want with them."
Think, "They were wasteful to trade them in and lose part of the value."


BTW, this is Peaches in Mormonese "Patches." Kiwi is "Kamicia." Wabby is "Debbilyn." Sugar is "Sugarlee." Bagz is "SeaBreaze." Cherry is "Cherisy." MiaMoo is "Miracles Precious One." Lush is "Bonquisha." Stick-figure Letty is "Labretta." And adorable Marcella is "Bardella."

i will take Seabreeze and i pick number two====could have got the cash meself,there,"patches"{patches,i depended on ya son,to pull the family thorugh.my son it's all left up toooooooo youuuuuuuuuuuuuu}----Sugarlee!!!!-----nOva ScOtia is cheaper than BC,more expensive {housing wise,in Halifax} than NB-----food and whatnot is cheaper here than anywhere in Canada [cheaper than Maine as well!!!!} WHERE has Bonquisha been hiding=====i LOVE the new names!!!! Kamicia is out partying tonight====Cherisy is excersising-----Debbilyn is playing Bunco and i am going to BED-----put yer clocks ahead!!!!

I found out that if you capitalize your name, it comes out quite differently than if you use all small letters.

I love DD's name: Josephinie Miracles Precious One -- but if I capitalize her name, it comes out a relatively ordinary Zephanie Charlesye.

I told you it was addictive. I'm fooling around with all names trying to get the best ones. DH is now Dartanyon Jocoby. Too bad he wasn't born a girl, then he could be Thankful Flood Miracles Precious One. Now there's a name!

I'm deciding between Acia Danai Miracles Precious One, Brindie-Jade Miracles Precious One, Kierika Charlesye, and the ever-popular Kaltighanna Starbuck.

I'm torn, Patches, dear. I would have to wonder why the library would want a credit at the used book store??? Don't they usually buy new books? Yeah, if you have to think about it all, I'd say you could have traded them in yourself. On the other hand, you could add a 5th thought: "Thank goodness I got rid of all that crap--now I don't have to think about them ever again" I'm not sure it will work, but it's worth a try. ;)

It is winter again here: we drove about an hour and a half in the driving snow this afternoon, visited this tourism expo, listened the very entertaining musical group, drove another hour in the driving snow, had drinks and old home week with some friends, went out to dinner to Appleby's (where I was surprised to find good food and good service -- ain't always been so), went back to their house and decided to head home. It wasn't snowing anymore or hardly any, but the roads were messy and it was slow. I drove home (because I said I would and so DH had a good bit of wine) and had a stomache-ache by the time I pulled in the driveway 2+ hours later. Long day. But fun.

We ended up with about 5 inches of snow (so far). DH will probably have to put the plow back on the truck :bomb:

Kaltighanna

It didn't happen to me, Kalti, but it did happen and the books were pristine. I'm curious about how your dds name and MiaMoo's name are the same. Suspicious isn't it?

Yes, you're right, I've been wondering about that. Hmm.

It would make a difference to me that the books were in perfect condition. This wasn't just a general donation to the library, right? It was especially for the book sale. Seems to me that a library book sale is a two-way street--the library gets some extra funds, the public gets to buy a bunch of books at a low price. Library didn't do their part.

is "the public" a plural noun?

Brindi-Jade

Actually Brindi-Jade would write this message more like this:

Hi y'all. I swear that was just coincidink that DDs name is the same as MiaMoos!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA

You're poor friend, Peachie honey, did she get upset with them at the liberry? She must be an angel given away all her nice books.

How do you spell public?

Love, Brindie-Jade

P.S. It's still snowing here! Wow, it's like winter again! Deja Voo all over again!!

P.S.S Where all is everybody? I got a new thong I want to talk about!!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

Hey Brindeeee---yer losin' it----kiwi---did you get the braggy brag picture of dd that was in the newspaper---i can't figure out why you wouldn't have my email as i sent it to the same address that you just wrote to me.............................

DS and I just went to see Bringing down the house which sounded a lot like a recent post. There are no good moview. All predicable and involve bathroom jokes. I'm just too old I guess

Did you guys notice I created my own colors????? colours????

Originally posted by Darling_Peaches
Did you guys notice I created my own colors????? colours????

Very impressive, m'dear. (I toned down the size a tad) How are you concocting these delightful tints? I'm reading about rgb values and HEX values, and I doubt I have the patience to come up with my own. I like to go through a list of colornames I have from a website and pick one.


Kaltighanna, in an attractive Kiwi color

I can't understand it Kiwie but ds has given me instructions. You go color=#000000 where the first two 00s equal red (he says) second two, green and third two, blue. I can't see that he's right. Anyway you put in a value of 00 to FF. The higher the value, the lighter the color.

Ah, yes. Is your ds taking HTML in school? DD is. Not that she will talk to me about anything that she is actually doing, that would be too too mundane apparently. But it is difficult for me to complain too much, since she comes home with straight A's every quarter. Just got her report card on Friday, she actually brought up 2 of her As to A+'s. She says there are 3 kids who have 4.0 averages in her class, she and 2 others. So she has earned 3/4 of a new electric guitar. DH wants so much to go ahead and buy it for her now. I have to squash him every time he says this -- it was his idea in the first place! "Why, yes, dear daughter, I know I said after you get 4 straight A quarters you could have a new guitar, but I can't wait that long" :rolleyes:

Nightie night. I will never get to sleep tonight, it's too early....

Kiwi

Taking HTML in school? What are you talking about? What class is that? He's taking art, algebra, English and Life Skills. There is no HTML class at any school I know about.

COMPUTER CLASS??????-----CAD is what dd16 calls it {what that means i do not know} Computer Assisited something??? that is where they would teach HTML----we used to use it at cybermom didn't we <h> blah blah blah </h> blah blah blah??????...............................-----this winter weather is depressing me---i think my fat gut is depressing me as well---it think I was happier when i weighed ten pounds less than this but i can't remember...............

CAD = computer aided design

HTML = how to make lunch (or something)

I know nothing about making that #00000 colour. Cherry knows stuff like that. She can make a thousand shades of purple, right Cherry? How's the points? My points for today are at about 55, I'd say, and it's only 4:20 p.m!

My dd is having her big play this week. I have NO time...but naturally, there is a teensy bit to waste here.
It is snowing. Who sent this south? Those Canadians?? I am mad at them again. I feel they have taken this stance on Iraq just so they would look smart and we would look stupid. If they were real friends, they would have looked stupid with us.
I use HTML on my new cleaning forum. I feel so talented. I have to go exert some energy on this place.
See Ya,
LeeAnna Honey Dawn

I'm back and my headache's gone. :) Going to mormon websites is dangerous. You could all end up w/ young men in suits, riding bikes on your doorstep. Then before you know it - bam!- you're a Stepford wife.

Bunco was a success. Not that there has ever been an unsuccessful bunco night with our group - buncha women, fattening food, lots of fruity drinks, all wearing our fat pants so we can eat all we want - can't go wrong with that. :lol:

It's not snowing here, but it's nasty cold, driving rain. Not springlike at all.

Lushy, what's DD's play?

You're right, Peach. Good movies are few and far between. I want to rent Far From Heaven. My sis said it was excellent. Anyone see it?

yESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!WHat is your dd's play---stagemamma here wants to know-----i get the feeeling you 'mericans are not gung ho about the war-------if i lost one of my family to this war,i would be quite mad at the commander in chief!!-----as i was telling missy honey dawn---i wish life were a Broadway musical!!!!!!-----name me a fat heroine i can emulate.

I am home and have nothing to say. I think the realtor is out of rehab again. Maybe she can do something one day soon.

Back when I was single:
- Save Your Breath...you'll need it to blow up your date! :lol:

Yes, Peachster, we have computer classes up here in Snowville. We have to prepare our kids for what they'll be doing during the annual 6 months of winter--otherwise they might spend it all in front of the TV...:dizzy: DD's entire class was informed last year by the dopey middle school guidance counselor that they had to take the general computer class or they would never get into college. We had our doubts because the class consisted of keyboarding for god's sake and other basic things they had already had for 9 years by then, so we investigated and found that no, indeed, they didn't have to take that class. DD was interested in a more advanced computer topics class, so we got her in that. One of her friends followed suit, and the 2 of them are in a tiny class (about 7 kids, I think) with upperclassmen, doing Power Point projects and HTML projects. They love it. Meanwhile every other freshman is taking stupid basic computer stuff they already know. The school also offers a CAD class, but it is separate. People who go into Drafting need CAD skills, among others.

I'm glad you're over your headache, Wabby, Bunco sounds like fun as usual. I will go find your Mormon name if you're askeered. (Of course it isn't an actual Mormon site--they don't have that good a sense of humor) You can choose from: Jacoy Ellxis or Aeronny Annellie. Personally I prefer the ones you get by not capitalizing your name, they're more off the wall.

Gotta go contemplate dinner. Things are taking a further depressing turn here in IdleVille: DH has been offered a job, not for the mill, but doing the same thing, but the pay is significantly lower and there are other unrepeatable drawbacks (hey, if he takes the job, I can't be saying negative stuff, you know). He has to tell them by Friday, so he will be busting his butt all week exploring the alternatives. One is a business run by a guy he has known since high school -- he does machine lazering of designs on wood. His company makes big plaques, clocks, chair seats, wooden lids for souvenir candles, big cribbage boards in the shape of Maine. Mainly he puts the designs on the wood and other people make the finished product. But anyway he is looking for an investor/partner and DH is looking at that. Plus his group of fellow employees is having a meeting with the new mill owners tomorrow. Many irons in the fire, I'm just trying to stay out of the way.

So what did I say I was going to do? Oh yeah, dinner. Tell us about dd's play, Lush!

Kaltighanna the Kiwi-flavored Starbuck

Hello- DS14's school had a bomb threat today. Everything shut down at 1ish and they sent them home at the normal time (without coats or backpacks because those were still in the school.) I'm glad he's okay, but I'm annoyed that this could happen and the parents don't even know about it for hours.

I took my doggies to a new vet, one who was actually nice to me! Yay! My pointer has a heart murmur, which is scary, but he says it's "grade one," so it shouldn't affect her. She's almost ten years old. They have to go back next month for heartworm tests and shots.

We did our taxes. My God, make an extra dime and the IRS takes 20 cents.

I don't think WW likes milk. Four glasses (recommended by pyramid) takes up a third of my points. And that's skim! My healthy breakfast of cereal, skim milk, and fruit costs 10 points! A single peanut butter sandwich costs nine points. Tonight, we're having breakfast burritos- I haven't even done the points on that yet. Probably at least 11. I can barely afford today's menu, even if I exercise-- and I'm already hungry! I guess this means always being hungry.

Cherisy

Kiwi- good luck to your DH! I hope he finds a good alternative.

that is why i HATE WW Cherry-----everything is too expensive,---i find it depressing to have most of my points gone before supper-----that diet has never worked for me----there is a guy here they call the "Diet ****" and people are dropping pounds galore---my hairdresser lost 93 pounds,one of my good friends has lost 23 pounds since January-----want me to find out what they are up to????

Thanks, Cherry, at least something's happening now. I was getting pretty depressed at the possibility of DH not doing anything until September and then going back to school.

How many points do you get in a day? I've never done WW and I don't think I could stick with it very long. I've been reading excerpts from Suzanne Somers :rolleyes: new book Eat, Cheat, and Melt the Fat Away. It's sort of an Atkins/Sugar Busters spinoff where you cut out sugar, white flour items, potatoes, but can eat anything else. Advantage is no counting or weighing, but I think the emphasis on "food combinations" is pretty silly. Anyway I like sugar.

heh heh.

Kiwi

How have you all been? I have been neglecting my little group and I'm so sorry. My niece's coming out took such planning and there was that trouble with the new yacht.

Anyway, I saw the cutest thing yesterday! An old movie, before my time, starring Elizabeth Taylor was playing on TV. It was called "The Last Time I Saw Paris." I had to watch. Elizabeth marries and has a daughter in this movie. In one scene after the child's birth, she stands in front of the full length mirrow and says, "I'll never be a size 12 again." Now, Elizabeth, as some of you older girls know was long called the most beautiful woman in the world.

Isn't that a riot! A size 12 used to be what we call a size 6 today. That's what my adorable niece is wearing. Too large for me of course.

I'll try to do better and keep in touch. Letty sends her best. She's still recuperating from what she calls her minor elective surgery.

This is my own news update for all of you. Here in Dogpatch, the trains run through it. We see the train all the time. For a couple of weeks, we were seeing scary things like tanks go through. Jeeps. The stuff on the TV news. Last week, a train of pickups and road graders painted in camouflage went through. Eerie. They were planning on fixing things up while still bombing.

I'm a little depressed today. Tell jokes.

That's not right.

I'm a lot depressed today (see pitiful email forwarded to everyone). Tell more jokes.

Here's some:

Two peanuts walk into a rather rough bar, not looking for any trouble.
Unfortunately, one was a salted.

A sandwich walks into a bar.
The barman says "Sorry we don't serve food in here."

A dyslexic man walks into a bra..

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

A woman takes her sick parrot to the vet. The vet looks at the bird, and says "I'm sorry ma'am, but there's nothing I can do. Your parrot is dead." The woman says "no! that can't be!" The vet says "Just a minute. He returns with a black lab. The dog takes a look at the parrot, looks at the vet and shakes his head sadly. The vet leaves, and returns with a cat. The cat takes a look at the parrot, looks at the vet, shrugs, and shakes his head sadly. The vet hands the lady a bill, and says "Theres nothing I can do, your bird is dead. The lady looks at the bill, and says "A hundred fifty bucks, and all you did was tell me my bird is dead!" The vet says, "well if you'd listened to my first diagnosis, it would have been $20, but then I had to do a cat scan and lab report....."

Originally posted by Marchella
the full length mirrow

Marchella, I'm shocked. Didn't your nanny teach you how to spell?

Today's joke:

At the data-entry company where I* work, the other operators and I
share a coffeepot. One morning I took it into the ladies room to
fill it with water. Then I began preening in the mirror, brushing
my hair and reapplying some makeup. I didn't realize how long I'd
been until someone slid a note under the door. "You win," it read.
"Any ransom demand will be met. Just release the coffeepot."


*Please note that "I" does not refer to me. I don't preen. Or work.

Gotta go wash my hair.

Peaches, are you sure that camoflage isn't just the newest color for pickups and road graders? I think after that giant bomb they dropped on you guys, they ought leave you in peace.

Kiwi

Now, me.

What do Sadaam Husein and Little Miss Muffet have in common?

They have Kurds in their way.

Obviously, that one doesn't work in print. You guys are SO SWEET THOUGH>

Where do they ship that stuff out and how? Some more passed today ... it was headed east like normal and was contained trucks pulling either cylindrical thingies (generators or tar tanks) or square things covered with tarps. Then later, coming west were regular trucks. Where's the port?

I, too, am shocked by Marcella. Do you think a servant wrote that for her? Can't get good help they say.

DS and I saw a calf being born yesterday. It lay in a little puddle and I thought it was dead. Then it moved it's ears. Then raised it's head. Then stuck it's butt in the air. Finally it tried to stand still on all four feet. We were just driving down the road when he spotted it emerging and we stopped. The mama cow didn't like us.

I won't be posting tomorrow because I'm taking the day off because it's my birthday and 3 of my 3D friends are taking me out to lunch at the Olive Garden . You're all invited to wish me well anyway. I'll be back on thursday to read my birthday greetings.:D

Sigh. It's not easy getting old.

nice title *lol* you all sound fun!

hope that the tanks don't run over you...
will work on the joke thing

hope you have a WONDER"FULL" day chowin down at the Olive Garden!!!! wish we had an Olive Garden here in Snowville!!!! peachers-----hijack one of those pickups with the Camo print----my boy loves army print and you can drive it up here and deliver it------that way DS can play in the !@###@# SNOW~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by the way,am i ever FATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT :dizzy:

Batzie, I mean Bagzie, I just can't see me driving a tank through 13 states and crossing the border. Do they have VCRs in them? I wondered since the list of items they're asking folks back home to send includes videos, flea powder and Cds.

Kim, it's so ironic that you say we sound fun. We are SO MEAN!! I suggest that you suck up to Sugar right away. I looked at your profile and like that you're a teacher. You can explain the entire educational system of the universe to us.

:hb: Happy Birthday to You! :hb:
:balloons: Happy Birthday to You :balloons:
:hat: Happy Birthday Dear Wabbit :hat:
:gift: Happy Birthday to You! :gift:
:dance: :cb:

Hi Kim--yep, for a bunch of cowarses, we are a hoot. I'm thinking we should title the next thread Big Butted Bovines. I used to live in Charlotte, drove thru your town many a time on my way to the mountains. I seem to remember a lot of Corvette Stingrays zooming around everywhere. Is the furniture business still thriving there?

Wow, I'm freaking out at the idea that the soldiers want flea powder. Ew. As if being there isn't bad enough. I tried to sign up for our family to adopt a soldier to write to and maybe send care packages to, but I haven't heard back anything yet. Of course, they'll be there long after most Americans have lost interest in them, so I'll be patient.

I have 2 lamb shanks about 6" long to do something with for dinner. Package says to roast them, wouldn't they be awfully tough? Going Googling................

Kiwi

well, I think you're asking the wrong person about the education system.. I just work there and know the game. Now, I don't always make the "I'm playing" the game choice, but oh well..

In my humble (and free) opinion... I think that the main problem is that kids have little if any respect, administrators are "yes" men, parents believe a 12 year old over teachers and teachers pretty much try to do their job without pissing anyone off because they always seem to be the bad guys. Reader's digest version of course, and now I'll hope right off this box..

I will have to say that the dyslexic joke made me giggle all day--thanks for that. :)

I didn't know there were fleas in the dessert--isn't anyone safe? Happy Birthday to Wabby.

What part of Charlotte did you live in, Kiwi? I used to live there before I moved in with my feller and resorted to "living in sin" as my mom puts it.

Hope you all had a great day

HAHAHAHAH 'living in sin'--that is what my DAUGHTER is going to do this fall with her bf at university----my MOTHER will have a hissy fit and I will be in the crossfire----tell me miamoooo----is your mother "lighthearted" about your "transgression" or snarky---------------------guess which MY mother will be---ha

my mother means well, but I"ll put it this way. She and my dad are coming to visit and they are getting a hotel because she doesn't approve. And hey, that's ok, but it's my house and I'm not going to make Eddie sleep somewhere else and I sure as heck ain't sleeping on the couch!

ANYWHO.. I was married so it's not like I ain't "soiled".. would rather think this one through or out... *lol*

what part of canada do you live in?

I lived just off of Providence Rd., near the Foxcroft area, from the time I was 10 until college. Also lived in a couple of apartments up near Plaza Road area in my 20s, when I shipped off to the Maine woods for keeps.

When you've already been married once, I wouldn't call it "living in sin", I'd call it being cautious! Now that Bagzette chick, I don't know, some wild woman, eh? LOL Why, I never lived with a boyfriend until at least 5 minutes after I graduated from college!! Kids these days! :devil:

Kiwi